AQA A Level Psychology Paper 2: Psychology in Context June 2025 question paper 7182/2

Describe how Skinner investigated the effect of reinforcement on behaviour.

Outline how evolution might influence behaviour. Give an example from a topic in psychology.

Describe and evaluate the psychodynamic approach in psychology.

Name one type of neuron and briefly explain its function.

Using an example of a hormone, outline the function of the endocrine system.

Explain the process of synaptic transmission. Refer to excitation in your answer.

Sam has started to have short-term memory problems. He forgets things he has just read but remembers what people have just said to him.

Explain how functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) might be used to study Sam’s memory.

Discuss what research has shown about hemispheric lateralisation.

Academic journals suggest conflicting findings about the effectiveness of online learning. A researcher designed an experiment to measure the effectiveness of online learning compared with face-to-face learning.

The researcher placed an advert in an online forum asking for student participants for a memory experiment.

30 university students contacted the researcher and they were divided equally into two groups. Both groups learned the same topic.

Group 1 had 3 hours of online learning.

Group 2 had 3 hours of face-to-face learning.

At the end of the session, each participant completed a multiple-choice test scored out of 20 to measure how much they had learned about the topic.

The researcher chose to use a non-directional hypothesis for this study.

Explain why a non-directional hypothesis is appropriate in this case.

Write an appropriate hypothesis for this study.

Which one of the following best describes the sampling method used in this study?

Shade one box only.

A Opportunity

B Random

C Systematic

D Volunteer

Evaluate the sampling method the researcher used in this study.

The results of the study are given in the table below.

Table 1 Median scores and ranges from the multiple-choice test for the two groups

What do the median and range values in Table 1 suggest? Justify your answer.

A bar chart could be used to display the measures of central tendency shown in Table 1.

Suggest an appropriate label for each axis of the bar chart.

Identify an appropriate statistical test to analyse the data collected in this study. Explain three reasons for your choice.

Extra space

The researcher found that the difference in results between the two groups was significant at p<0.01

Explain what is meant by ‘significant at p<0.01’ in the context of this study.

The researcher used a different group of people in each condition, which could have affected the results.

Outline one change the researcher could have made to deal with this issue.

Explain one or more possible implications of the findings of this study for the economy.

Explain how the researcher’s study illustrates one or more features of science.

Design a study to investigate students’ experiences of online learning.

In your answer you will gain credit for providing appropriate details of the following:

• the type of self-report technique that will be used, with justification

• an example of one relevant question that could be used to collect qualitative data, with justification

• how you would ensure the ethical treatment of participants

• how content analysis could be used to analyse the qualitative data.